Ford - Southampton Community Fund

The Ford - Southampton Community Fund aims to support skills initiatives for young people aged 11-25 years old living in Southampton and Eastleigh. This grant programme focuses on helping young people acquire new skills that will enable them to grow into active citizens who take on volunteering, employment, or further learning. The fund supports nonprofit community organisations that reach young people through skills-based interventions. Both life skills and employability skills are eligible, helping to remove or reduce barriers faced by young people as they enter their adult lives. Examples of eligible projects include youth clubs with sustained and structured activity programmes, coding clubs, themed workshops (such as IT, public speaking, CV writing), work experience initiatives, and social enterprises that offer skills development for participants. The fund is scheduled to reopen in September 2026.